Basketball Hall of Famer and UCLA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 76, was hospitalized after breaking his hip from a fall at a concert in Los Angeles according to his representative, Deborah Morales.
Abdul-Jabbar was slated to undergo surgery on Saturday after going to the hospital on Friday night. No other details about his condition have been released at this time.
Morales said Abdul-Jabbar was “deeply appreciative” of the Los Angeles Fire Department, which treated him at the scene, and the “amazing medical team and doctors at UCLA Hospital who are taking great care of [him].”
Abdul-Jabbar is one of the most prolific college and NBA players of all-time. While at UCLA, where he went by Lew Alcindor, he was a two-time AP Player of the Year and a three-time NCAA Champion – and is responsible for the NCAA not allowing dunking for a ten year period starting in 1967.
Abdul-Jabbar then became the first pick in the 1969 NBA draft and had an incredibly prolific professional career, holding the NBA scoring record for over 30 years before it was broken by LeBron James in February.